Silent Strength with Invisible Warriors

"You are the reason of your own good-luck and bad-luck; success and failure; happiness and pain. Your choices are responsible for your present. Don't blame someone else for your sufferings or failures." ― Sanjeev Himachali According to today’s guest, Adam Mutschler, it is really important to have leadership and accountability – both of which lead to resilience; something that people with disabilit...

Did you know that as someone with pre-existing conditions, you can get health insurance at a reasonable rate? You just have to do a bit of research and question insurance brokers to find the right one. This is a very interesting discussion because I know that many people with chronic illness don’t have, and don’t think they can get, either health insurance or life insurance. That can be a big drai...

“To keep the body in good health is a duty… Otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” ~ Buddha In today’s episode, Dane Dormio of MindBody Mastery, talks with us about why we need to keep our minds and bodies healthy in order to have successful lives and businesses. Why is this important? 1. When we allow ourselves to get out of step with our bodies needs, we find ourselve...

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. “ ​–​ Benjamin Franklin When we start our own businesses, it is usually just us. We are a one-person, “get R done”, continual motion creation that works non-stop to do everything required to make the business successful. But then, as we start to grow, it becomes harder and harder. For our g...

Running a business is mentally and physically taxing, and the risk of wearing yourself out is ever present even if you're in perfect health. If you're managing a chronic condition, though, listening to your body and paying attention to your symptoms becomes a vital part of being able to continue working.  Today, our guest Jennifer Harshman talks with us about her editing business and why she start...

“When you look for the good in someone; you’ll find it.” Consistently high-performing teams achieve significantly more than what is imaginably possible. As a leader, you may experience phases when your team is highly performing, firing on all cylinders, and at their best. During those time periods, you want to capitalize on that momentum and elevate your team to new levels of success. While leadin...

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. - Bruce Springsteen Consistency in the workplace creates accountability, enhances your reputation, and gives you an opportunity to measure results and make sure things are moving in a positive direction. But according to Bernadette Geyer, today’s g...

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” —Martin Luther King Jr. Living life with depression and anxiety can be a horrible nightmare. There are many different levels of both. Some are easily pushed aside while others are totally debilitating. Added to that if you’re trying to run a successful busines...

There are many reasons to write a book but, according to Brian Tracy, “the biggest reason was to spread my message about subjects that I felt very passionate about.” Most people start out to write the American novel, but it’s not all that easy. Thousands of books are submitted for publication each year, and only a few are chosen. You can find a publisher, you can self-publish, or you can find some...

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." --Helen Keller No matter what industry you are in, there comes a time when a solopreneur needs to have some help. There are things they can’t do, don’t know how to do, or just don’t want to do. Business is growing and it is too much for one person to handle. This may be the beginning of a growth in the company, or a one-time thing where the...

You don’t have to do it all yourself – that’s the philosophy of Jaimie Skultety, owner of Upscale Your Business. Not only does she believe that it is not necessary to go it alone in your business, but it also makes great sense to use outsourcing to help your company get seen, get visible and get hired. When you spend your time doing the work that you are meant to do, that you should focus your att...

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." – Thomas Edison You need to be able to easily find more of your ideal clients, and make it easy for your ideal clients to find you. That’s the idea behind the Jonny Hates Marketing business, led by Jonny Cooper. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it? But is it really that easy? I know that I, for...

If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.- Warren Buffett Lisa Johnson, today’s guest, starts our conversation by saying “I WANTED TO BE MORE, EXPERIENCE MORE, EARN MORE.” But she didn’t know how to do it. And that’s when her business was born. Her first company, a wedding planning business, led her to talk with others, find mentors, help to analyze what w...

Take 30 minutes and focus on one thing – something that is going to move your business forward. Don’t pay attention to email, to other things that are distractions. 15-15-15 model is a great plan. What is going to help you get more money, more clients, more success. That model means take 15 minutes to talk with clients, take 15 to create a client funnel, and take 15 minutes to set up your facebook...

“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.” ― Jenn Granneman, The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World What is an introvert and how do they handle being in business? According to the American Management Association  Extroverts: Talk first; think later Introverts: Think first; talk later Extroverts: Seek out...

Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed. - Confucius When we start a business we want to tell everyone what we do and let them know that they need to buy our product or service. It is exciting and we bounce around shouting it from the rooftop. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been hit up from someone I’ve never heard of telling me that I REALLY need to...

“The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg, founder, Facebook People are flocking to business ownership these days. It is THE thing to do when someone is dissatisfied, disgruntled and just wanting something to call their own. They may have done their homework, started off with a bang and then – nothing. The phone doesn’t ring, the website has no hits, the...

One day or Day one. You decide. You have decided that being a business owner is what you want for yourself. You know that it takes a lot of work but you also know that you can do it. With the right motivation, the right education/training, and the right people by your side, you will succeed. And it doesn’t need to take forever. You can grow quickly and effectively when you do it right.   This week...

"The successful networkers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person's needs ahead of their own." -- Bob Burg Networking is an important part of running a business, but it is not a well understood method of growing relationships. It’s not just about getting coffee and having chats. It’s about bringing in money and buildi...

“People want to do business with you because you help them get what they want. They don’t do business with you to help you get what you want.” – Don Crowther In our conversation today with Petra Fisher, we talk about using LinkedIn as one way to reach out to business contacts and colleagues. First and foremost, we talk about creating the right profile. One that gives the viewer a reason to want to...

"All the money in the world can't buy you back good health." Reba McEntire We all know that it’s important to be healthy in our lives and in our businesses. As Reba says above, we can have all the money we could ever wish for, our business can be a huge success, but if we are not healthy we can’t enjoy it or anything about our lives. Take if from me, I know. For quite a while I ignored what was go...

"Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones." -- Bruce Garrabrandt If you are just starting out in business, you may ask yourself “Do I really need a website?” They are complicated. You don’t understand how to set one up. They can be expensive. What all do I need to get the right one for my business? These are all thoughts that probabl...

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch  A title that we often aim to achieve is that of boss. We want that corner office and we want to control things around us. But, unfortunately, that does not make us a leader. A leader being that which helps those that we work with, the best that they can be....

We hear about business and brands all the time but do we really understand what that means? Is it our logo, our website, our Facebook page? Yes, in brief terms. But it is so much more than that. We are also starting to hear about authentic brands and how people are resonating with those companies that are true to their brands. In today’s “Don’t Wait Til Pigs Fly”, Nela Dunato gives us a great disc...

There are many great ways to get noticed and, as Danielle Roberts tells us in this week’s podcast “Growing Your Followers” they can and DO work. She has grown her company (and in a not so exciting field like insurance) from $0 to 6 and 7 figure incomes by doing the things she talks about during this conversation. Have a listen, write down the words of wisdom and get out there and Grow your followe...